March 2007

The Archives

• Flash

  the actionscript dictionary sucks

  03.21.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  It really does. Was it written drunk, or by mindless Macromedia interns that didn’t even understand what they were writing? Was it never checked by anyone with half a brain?
  Terms are used inconsisently and inaccurately; examples are terrible; and some things are just not documented at all.
  Sort it out Adobe.
  Meanwhile the authoritative source for [...]

• Flash, Flex

  apollo alpha

  03.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Adobe’s Apollo is available for download (alpha version). Very exciting. Have a look at the examples, and a standalone client (look ma, no browser) that eBay is currently working on using Apollo.

• Flash, Web

  WPF/E

  03.19.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m trying out Microsoft’s answer to Flash: WPF/E (catchy name, guys). It looks like they are trying to muscle in on Adobe’s domination of the RIA space. Web apps like GMail are threatening the primacy of desktop applications, and Microsoft is trying to catch up to this trend (and the resulting threat to their main [...]

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